How common is the surname Lackey?

18,082 people in the United States had the surname Lackey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,075 Americans. It ranked 1,996th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lackey?

Mercedes Lackey, American novelist and short story writer.

Where is the surname Lackey most common?

Wikidata records people named Lackey in the United States.

Is the surname Lackey getting more or less common?

More common. 17,749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,082 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Lackey

A surname, carried by 18,082 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lackey is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,082 people named Lackey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,075 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,749.

#1,996

rank among US surnames

18,082

people in 2010

6.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,862)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,987	Ha	18,156	17,005
#1,989	Cao	18,138	17,022
#1,990	Dickens	18,123	17,036
#1,991	Judd	18,110	17,048
#1,992	Barbosa	18,106	17,052
#1,993	Hawley	18,100	17,058
#1,994	Rahman	18,097	17,061

Who is named Lackey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Lackey identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lackeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mercedes Lackey
American novelist and short story writer, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lackey

Lackey has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

How common is the surname Lackey?: 18,082 people in the United States had the surname Lackey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,075 Americans. It ranked 1,996th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lackey?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Lackey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lackey?: Mercedes Lackey, American novelist and short story writer.
Where is the surname Lackey most common?: Wikidata records people named Lackey in the United States.
Is the surname Lackey getting more or less common?: More common. 17,749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,082 in 2010, up 1.9%.